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Democratization

David Potter (Editor), David Goldblatt (Editor), Margaret Kiloh (Editor), Paul Lewis (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-7456-1815-9
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560 pages
April 1997, Polity
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Preface.

Part I: Framework for Analysis: .

1. Explaining Democratization: David Potter.

Part II: Europe and the USA: .

Introduction.

2. Democracy in the 'long nineteenth century': 1760-1919: David Goldblatt.

3. The Crisis of Modern Democracy, 1919-45: Richard Bessel.

4. Democracy in Europe: 1939-89: David Goldblatt.

5. Democracy in the USA Since 1945: Richard Maidment.

Afterword.

Part III: Latin America and Asia:.

Introduction.

6. Democracy and Dictatorship in Latin America, 1930-80: Paul Cammack.

7. Democratization in Latin America, 1980-95: Walter Little.

8. Why have the Political Trajectories of Inda and China been Different?: Vicky Randall.

9. Democratization at the Same Time in South Korea and Taiwan.

10. Why has Democratization been a Weaker Impulse in Indonesia and Malaysia than in the Philippines?: James Putzel.

Afterword.

Part IV: Africa and the Middle East: .

Introduction.

11. The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: John A. Wiseman.

12. South Africa: Democracy Delayed: Margaret Kiloh.

13. Middle East Exceptionalism - Myth or Reality?: Simon Bromley.

14. Islam and Democracy: Nazih N. Ayubi.

15. Israel: Constraints on Consolidation: Michael Dumper.

Afterword.

Part V: Communist and Post-Communist Countries: .

Introduction.

16. Democratization in Eastern Europe.

17. Asia's Troubled Transition: Stephen White.

18. Political Participation in Post-Communist Democracies: Paul Lewis.

19. Nationalism, Community and Democratic Transition in Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

20. Political Change in Vietnam: Martin Gainsborough.

Afterword.

Part VI: Conclusion: .

21. From Democratization to Democratic Consolidation: Adrian Leftwich.

Acknowledgements.

Index.

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